After many long weeks of beleaguered, stubborn resistance, the
defenders of the Cadian Gate have been reinforced by the combined
forces of dozens of Space Marine Chapters. This crusade has been
gathered from the most distant regions, answering the call to arms
issued when the forces of the Despoiler first commenced their invasions.

The Space Marine crusade has been greeted with adulation and joy
by the battered and bloody defenders. Those Space Marines who have
fought at the gate since the beginning have been joined by their
brethren, and now stand ready to take the fight to the enemy with
the courage and conviction that only a Space Marine can display.

The simmering rivalries between the Space Wolves and the Dark
Angels stationed in the Sentinel Worlds sector are eclipsed by the
alleged Fallen sighting near the ruins of Caliban, and the rumours
of an artefact of Russ held at Nemesis Tessera. The Blood Angels,
after their arrival on Kasr Partox, are preparing for the assault of
the largest horde of World Eaters seen in living memory. Typhus, the
Herald of Nurgle, takes a personal hand in the battle for Macharia,
teleporting in and slaughtering platoon after platoon of Cadians
before returning to his flagship. His gift of fear infects the
Cadian ranks even quicker than the plagues he spreads with his mere
presence.

Lord Inquisitor Coteaz has entered the Agripinnaa system, fresh
from his efforts against the daemon incursion on Nemesis Tessera,
and his flagship is primed with bay after bay of cyclonic torpedoes.
Meanwhile, in the Eye of Terror itself, the Eldar find aid from
the most unexpected of sources; the ghosts of their past.

With so many Space Marines now bolstering the defence, the forces
of the Traitor Legions have not been idle. The Chaos rearguard joins
the fray, engaging the Space Marines in every theatre of war. Those
who turned upon their master and their kin ten millennia past are
consumed with hatred for their erstwhile brothers, and have thrown
themselves at the new arrivals with wanton bloodlust. With such
legendary warriors as the Blood Angels, the Black Templars, the
Imperial Fists, the Howling Griffons, the White Scars and many more
chapters now standing before Abaddon’s invasion, the Imperium can at
long last see a real chance of turning back the Thirteenth Black
Crusade.

CAMPAIGN NEWS

Deliverance
With the defenders of Cadia hard pressed on all fronts, Ursarkar
Creed has issued word that a great crusade of Adeptus Astartes is
but days away from reinforcing them. Creed's united Command Council
has taken a firm hand on the varied forces under its control, finally
managing to coordinate the efforts of over a thousand regiments
from worlds many light years apart, many of which do not even speak
the same language as one another. Though much work remains to be
done to stem the tide of the invaders, with a coherent command structure
now in place, and Creed firmly in supreme control, the defenders
of Cadia know that if they can hold out just a little while longer,
deliverance may at last be at hand.

The Talismans
Scattered and panicked reports of Abaddon moving the so-called Blackstone
Fortresses into the Cadian system have been greeted with scepticism
by many, and abject terror by others. Only a handful of individuals
in the Imperium are aware of the full extent of the power contained
within these gargantuan engines of planetary, even solar destruction,
and these men are taking every step to prepare for the inevitable
defeat of the Imperium should their full, horrifying potential be
brought to bear.

Crisis at Agripinaa
With the Imperium's defence of the Cadian Gate focused upon the
vital worlds of the Cadian system, other sectors find themselves
facing the full might of the Despoiler's invasion with little hope
of reinforcement. Almost every world in this lynchpin sector has
seen its defences ground down, and even the mighty defences of the
fortified Hives of Agripinaa itself have begun to buckle under the
relentless pressure.

The War in the Webway
With the war for the Cadian Gate raging across a thousand worlds,
another front has been the site of bitter struggle, quite unknown
to the multitudes fighting and dying upon the worlds of the Cadian
Gate. The Eldar Webway, that ancient network of secret passages
linking worlds many light years apart, has been breached by the
forces of disorder in the form of the Thousand Sons Traitor Legion,
and the Eldar's cruel kin, the Dark Eldar. So grievous is the threat
that the relentless warriors of Ahriman, Chief Librarian of the
Thousand Sons may gain access to the Black Library, the most secret
repository of arcane knowledge hidden at the very centre of the
Webway, that the Eldar have thrown all their might into repelling
the intruders. Unknown to the 'lesser races' waging war around the
Eye, the Eldar are winning their own war, through supreme courage
and sacrifice, against a threat so terrible that the entire galaxy
will never even know it existed.

The Green Krusade rumbles On
The Ork invasion of the Scarus sector continues apace, despite the
intervention of the Black Templars Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes.
Imperial strategios believe the barbaric xenos are intent upon the
capture of the Mordax Prime system, perhaps hoping to secure themselves
a permanent base there, from which none will be able to dislodge
them once the current war is resolved. The Forge worlds situated
in the Mordax system are vital to the entire sector, and so it remains
to be seen whether the Imperium will be able to spare the resources
to dislodge the Orks should they gain a serious foothold on the
system.

EYE OF TERROR EVENT CARDS

The following event cards were played in Week 6. If you have an
event card and are unsure how to play it, contact your country representative.
(Info should be with your card

Storm BreakThis card affects the Agrapinaa in favor of the Forces of Disorder.
Card Description: The flaring edges of Warp Storm Baphomael roar
and seethe with unnatural life, making warp travel extremely dangerous
and unpredictable.

Kharn's RampageThis card affects Tabor in favor of the Forces of Disorder.
Card Description: Kharn the Betrayer has been unleashed upon a Hive
World in the Agripinaa Sector, and his count of skulls taken is
rising into the tens of thousands. It seems that nothing can stop
him, and more and more servants of Khorne follow in his wake, drawn
by the scent of indiscriminate slaughter.

The Blood of Martyrs is the Seed of the ImperiumThis card affects Belisar and Demios Binary in favor of the
Forces of Order.
Card Description: Above the Cadian sector the forces of the Imperial
Navy fight desperately to fend off the predations of an inbound
Dark Eldar fleet. Despite being desperately outmatched, the Imperial
fleet causes catastrophic damage on the delicate ships of the Dark
Eldar, giving their lives in the process.

Creed of CadiaThis card affects the planet Cadia in favor of the Forces of
Order.
Card Description: The Lord Castellan of Cadia, Ursarkar E. Creed,
takes advantage of the warp storms raging around the Cadian system
to shift troops from planet to planet with no fear of new enemy
forces attacking the worlds he strips of defenders. Building his
forces he then launches a series of offensives that catch the forces
of disorder of balance.

What is Best in Life?This card affects all planets in the Cadian system in favor
of the Forces of Order.
Card Description: Jubal Khan, Great Khan of the White Scars has
led five brotherhoods of his Chapter to war. No Space Marine delights
in war like the White Scars. Across the entire war front the forces
of disorder are beset by lightning raids, hit and run attacks and
full-bloodied savagery.

The Talismans of Vaul IIThis card affects planet Macharia and planets in the Cadia system
in favor of the Forces of Order.
Card Description: Abaddon has deployed every weapon at his disposal
in order to take Cadia, including the legendary Blackstone Fortresses.
These massive space stations, known as the Talismans of Vaul to
the Eldar, attract the graceful spacecraft of the ancient alien
race in unprecedented numbers, falling on these outlying sections
of the Chaos fleet to the exclusion of all else.

WARHAMMER 40,000

Detonate the Reactor
Ramilies Class Starforts represent a major deterrent to any would
be invader. On the other hand however, they could be captured, and
in time be used against the Imperium!

Typhus Taints Macharia
Through intelligence reports, it has been discovered that Typhus
will be leading a massive orbital drop onto the planet Macharia.
The region the filthy traitor has chosen to drop into is barren
and of no strategic importance.

INQUISITOR

On the Trail of BatezuFor some time Inquisitor Mathias has tracked a servant
of darkness, Chaos Magus Batezu, through the Agripinaa sector.

EPIC ARMAGEDDON

Iron Steeds
Imperial forces bring the forces of Disorder to battle on the fields
surrounding Kasr Slauten - in a massive armored engagement.